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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-04-14
Suffering Texas,

a special from Austin says: State
Senator Woodward, Of Calhoun county,
has received statement from Atarcosa
county, sworn to by four responsible citi-
zens and endorsed by the county judge,
sheriff and county clerk, giving the
names of nineteen families in precincts 8,
S and 6 of that county, whom they
declare are in condition of starvation,
occasioned by the drought. The num-
ber of persons in each family is stated,
showing total number of LOG persons.
The paper states that these families are
unable to procure sufficient food, and are
now resorting in some cases to the eating
of carcases that have died from starva.
tion, and begging bread from the neigh.
bors to sustain life. Those who would
aid them, if possible, are themselves in
distress and have nothing that can be
spared. The signers of the statement
appeal for aid from the legislature, but
as nothing more can be expected
from that source it is left for
the generous and more unfortunate Of
other counties to render such aid as they
can. The statement shows deplorable
state of affairs, and concludes by saying
whatever is done should be done at once.
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OUR VILLAGE

rs decidedly looking. up in every re-
spect.
The course of trade, which for while
seemed to be- turning from us toward Pei
zer, is changing its direction; and per-
sons whose custom would naturally go to
Pelzer are beginning to find it their in
terest to buy their goods from our mer.
chants.
The town council, ever awake to the
real interests of our citizens, seem deter
mined to do all they can to improve the
place. They are taking timely sanitary
precautions, both about the creek and
elsewhere. The Spring Park, beautiful
as it is by nature, will show the coming
season striking evidences of the beauti-
flying power Of art.
We are glad to record the evidences
We see of a. disposition on the part of our
people generally to make their homes
attractive. "A little effort;on the part OF
ali would give us one of the most deslra'
BILE summer resorts in our whole charm
ing Piedmont region. We ought to be
crowded every summer with visitors in
search of pure air and medicinal water,
in connection with quiet, rural resting
place. WILLIAMSON Naiad.
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THE JOINT TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

We;take much pleasure in informing
our readers that MN. Clinkscales and
Mayfeld, the Commissioners of Ander-
son and Greenville Counties, have agreed
to hold q Summer Institute for the COM
mon benefit of the teachers of the two
counties under their Jurisdiction, and
that they have selected Williamson as
the place forit. 1t is to begin on Mon.
day, July IL, and to continue in session
two weeks. The exercises will be con-
Quoted in the building of the William.
ston Female College, the proprietors of
which extend to sthe Institute cordial
invitation TO use as it may see 6t all the
books,--apparatus, and fixtures of the
College.
Ths.C .Commissioners;are not yet ready
tQssponnse the names Of those who are
to conduct the Institute, and veinstruc.
ton therein.> This delay is occasioned
by their determination to secure the very
best talent the means at their command
will enable them to procure. We doubt
not, they will do all in their power to
make the exercises Of the greatest prac'
teal value to all who shall attend them.
'ssThe citizens of Williamston have very
generally expressed their willingness to
open their doors for the accommodation
of the attending teachers. Quite large
number can obtain good board in easy
reach Of the College at the rate of fifty
cents day, or six dollars for the two
weeks.of> the session.
--Fhs~-Authorities of the College will
take as many as they can accommodate
at the same rates, with the single condi-
ton that those who board in the College
will be- expected to furnish their own
sheets and towels.
We are glad to learn that there will
probably be large attendance OF teach
ers from both the counties interested ;
and We firmly trust that much good will
be accomplished for those who shall be
fortunate enough to be present.-Wa-
l;amston Naiad.
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"Died Poor"

It has come to be the case in these
days, that every one feels it to be high
praise to say at the decease of man
long in public life: "He died poor"
We have all noticed what emphasis has
been given to this fact in the various
notices of Gen. Logan's active life and
lamented death. Said one of our lead.
ing newspapers: "During his long public
career, his personal integrity was never
questioned. He never derived private
profit from the opportunities of public
place." And to this eulogium every one
friend and foe, assented. .
Henry Wilson, toward the close of q
long term of public service, having for
years held the position of Chairman of
the Committee on Military Affairs,
which "worked" by some men would
have made them millionaires, was too
poor to buy little garden spot, which
he desired next his house in Natick,
Mass, and so his fellow townsmen raised
$1,000 and bought it for him.
Henry Clay is reported to have replied
to the suggestion, that certain cause
would injure his political prospects: 81
had rather be right than President" )"
Was he wise, or was be foolish, in decid.
ing thus? How many men in political
life would respond to such sentiment
with hearty "Amen?" And yet, il
our preaching be true, if our moralists be
correct, if the Bible be the word of God,
he was right. If our country is long to
last, this must be the conviction of the
majority of our citizens.
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Oil the Harness.

Two brothers in Ohio at the same time
bought each set of farm harness, made
by me, says the correspondent of an ex'
change, from the same lot of leather.
One oiled his harness each spring and
fall and kept it sound and pliable for ten
or more years. The other never oiled
his but used it in wet and mud, and in
three years it was hard and dry, and
cracked and ripped, so as to be nearly
worthless. For all this, of course, be
blamed the harness maker.
Never oil harness when dry.
Never hang it in the sun 10 dry or for
the oil to strike in.
Some leisure day in spring, fall, or
winter take the harness into The cellar or
some damp place; take all apart, and soak
thoroughly in warm water. Then wash
off all dirt and gum, and when nearly
dry on outside put on with swab or brush
heavy coat of oil, either best tanners
oil or best neat's.foot oil, with just enough
lamp black to color it we'll. Lay it all
in pile in the shade till the oil soaks
in. If very dry and hard it will pay to
put a second coat. When well soaked in
take CASTLE soapsuds and coarse rag
and wash it we'll. This closes the pores,
gives it gloss and prevents cracking. If
this is properly done twice year the har.
ness will keep as nice as new and will add
one.half to the durability.
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California's Staple Crop.

The great staple product of California
is wheat, of which about 5O,000,0O0
bushels, worth more than s4O,000,000,
are raised in good year, four-6fths of
which are exported. This wheat, is
almost wholly raised on large ranches by
contract. The wheat grower is no more
a farmer than he is a miner or miller.
he lets out his plowing and seeding by
the acre and borrows money from the
banks to pay the bill, giving security on
the growing crop.
In harvest time contractor comes on
the ground with his harvesters, threshers
and separators, an outfit costing as much
as $4,000. He brings his own crew of
twenty to twenty-five. men, who move
about from place to place, living like
gypsies, in the open air. They gather in
the broad fields of grain at the rate of
more than 1000 bushels per day, and
leave the crop neatly piled up in sacks,
to which the rancher has not put his
hand from first to last Youths Com.
1anion.
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Stop the Beginnings.

There is Latin maxim which, render.
ed into English, means "Stop the Begin.
nings." 1t contains volume of good
advice. A few days ago minister told
me he was preparing notes on the Pro.
verbs of Solomon, and had just reached
the most important verse in the book,
Train up a child in the way it should,
CO."
"stop the Beginning" would be a good
note for him to make to that verse.
We have in this State Reform
School to which vicious boys and girls
are sent by courts and magistrates.
Among the inmates are good maay
who have been committed as "incorrigi-
ble." They are very young, ranging in
age from seven to twelve years. Their
parents allege that they are unable to
control them, and they are sent to the
Refuge in the hope that they will be
reformed. The beginning of evil was
not stopped, and now the restraints Of
the law have to be brought in TO check.
them.
In many homes there are notices on
the walls, appropriate to the hcme life.
"Stop the Beginnings" would be good
one to put up in the nursery.
Many good citizen would be saved to
he State if the tendency Of evil habits
were checked in early childhood.
A minister passing through one of the
wards of a hospital came to a cot on
which young man was dying.
"Can I do anything for you?" he
asked. With look of agony in his face,
the young man said, "Oh, sir, can you
undo? 2" The beginnings of evil had
been unchecked, and wasted life was
the sad result.
The maxim "It is never too late to
mend" is often quoted in regard to
breaking off from evil habits. Would it
not be better for those to whom is coin.
mitted the responsible duty of training
children, to adopt this maxim: ut is
never too early to begin?" Ionce read
the story of good woman whose hus.
band was an outspoken in6del. As her
children grew up, one after another came
into the Church. A friend asked what
means she had used in their training to
neutralize the influence of their infdel
father. "Well," she replied, II never
argued with him, nor belittled him in
the eyes of the children. But never
allowed them to go to bed without read
ing a few verses of something the Saviour
had said. 1 put his words over against
the words of men,"
Parents frequently say about sonae bad
habit of q child, "Oh, he will oltgrow
it." Perhaps grace may come in by-and.
by to change the heart and mould the
life, but it is dangerous to rely upon
child's out-growing evil habits. The
natural tendency of such habits is to
grow with the growth. When the child
comes to..years of maturity, and is ready
to assume the responsible duties of life,
it will be pleasant for the parent to be
able to say, 81 have taught thee in the
way of wisdom I have led thee in the
right paths" -
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Z TIT for Tat.

Old MI. Sparques was somewhat irri-
table when he came down to the break.
fast table, and when his wife reproved
him for wearing such gloomy aspect,
he answered her snappishly and they
had some words, latter which she said :
SWELL. Pm sure ! don't know how you
can expect we'll agree in the next world
if We can't agree in this" ooh we'll
agree we'll enough in the next wcrld,"
said old Mr.. Sparques, sarcastically
eve won't see much of each other there ;
the Scriptures say there's a great gulf
fixed betwixt the two places" Having
fred this shot the old gentleman caressed
his bald head. and snickered. Mrs.
Sparques was thoughtful for a moment
then, with q twinkle in her eye she said :
"This is the first time I ever knew that
you had given up all hope of going to
heaven" Mr.. sparques went out on the
back stoop, to take a'look at the weather.
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Warnings in Dreams.

Many neople still believe that they
receive warnings in dreams, and it is i'm
possible to rebut the arguments for such
belief, but we may confidently assert
that a general reliance on the confessed
and contradictory indications of dreams
would involve the most inconsistent vag.
aries of conduct, wholly unworthy of
rational being. Our reason and our
dreams are often so hopelessly at vari.
ance that, to desert the former for the
latter, would be equivalent to relinquish.
ing the bright shining of the sun in order
to pursue treacherous will.o'.the wisp.
The writer once had occasion to engage
passage for a long sea voyage, and the
only vessel available at the desired time
was steamer which had been a great
favorite in her day, but was then so old
that doubts were entertained regarding
her seaworthiness. In spite of warnings
on this point he engaged his berth and
that very night he had an intensely
vivid dream Of shipwreck and drowning
at sea. Undeterred, however, he set sail
without serious misgivinga and had a
most agreeable and prosperous voyage.
In this case the dream was evidently no
supernatural warning, but rather the
result of the effect produced upon the
imagination by the hints thrown out
regarding the vessels supposed unsea.
worthy character. Presentments of all
kinds are almost invariable groundless,
and when on rare occasions a present.
ment is verified by the result, the expla.
nation is the very simple and obvious
one that in this instance our fears cor
rectly forecasted the future. We fear
and we hope many things more or less
probable.
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The Changes or a Lifetime.

Men ninety years old remember when
there were no steamboats,, but all travel
on the water was done by the slow, un.
certain means Of sailing vessels, when
if one started for New York it was
doubtful if he would reach there in
day or a week. Now we know how many
hours and minutes it requires to make
the trip.
Men now sixty years old remember
when there were no railroads, but all
travel on land was done by stages, by
wagons, by OK teams, on horseback, and
on foot. Now o network of railroads
covers the whole country, and several
lines run from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ocean. Now it requires only six or
seven days to cross the continent. For
merly that trip required three months.
Men Fifty years old remember when
there were no photographs, but only
paintings and drawings, made at great
prices, of objects now done better in an
instant at triaing cost.
Men of that age also remember when
no steamboats, crossed the ocean, and it
vas believed that they never could, but
now hundreds of steamships are plowing
every ocean, reducing the time of cross.
ing the Atlantic from weeks to days.
Men forty FIVE years old remember
when there was no electro-plating, but
everything in that line was done in the
old. fashioned slow way.
Men of that age all remember when
there were no telegraphs, but all mess.
ages had to be sent BY the slow going
mails.
Men twenty Eve years old remember
when there were no telephones, but all
the messages now spoken through had to
be sent by notes or special messenger.
All these grand and useful inventions
have been made within the memory of
men now living. The younger genera.
ton can never appreciate them as those
do who remember the want of them, and
therefore the great convenience they are
to the world.-Bridgeport Standard.
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Do Mad Dogs Exist2

Every year there is mad dog scare.
Is there anything in it?
What the people profess to know
about the matter would fill thousands of
volumes. What the scientist know
would not fill many lines of large type.
When we 60 to the authorities ne find
that all the books doubt the existence of
mad dogs.
DR.. Edward G. spitzka, of New York,
says that he has carefully followed up
the newspaper reports, and never in a
single instance has he obtained satisfac.
tory evidence of the existence of rabies.
The doctor concludes as follows:
Notwithstanding every effort made by
the writer to secure observation of a
single case Of rabies in man or in dog,
not single opportunity has offered itself
during the last eight years, and in New
York but one dog has been reported
rabid by competent authority since the
the dog pound there has been opened.
In regard to the symptoms that are
commonly supposed to be Characteristic
of rabies in man, DR.. Spitzka adds:
1t is incompreheusible how the absurd
theory could 80 long linger in medical
treatises that dog, by biting man, can
inoculate him with canine characteristics,
making him bark, snap, howl, and run
on all fours like dog. 1t we're as logi.
cal 10 claim that one bitten by rattle
snake should hiss, grow rattlea and a
forked tongue, and wriggle on the floor.
Now, what are we TO believe? If there
is no such thing as rabies, but simply a
disease caused by nervous Imagination,
people ought to know it. Just here,
however, another difficulty suggests
itself. How can people be persuaded to
give up the common belief on the sub
ject? When a man believes that he has
been bitten by a mad dog the chances
are that he will lose his head, and die in
horrible agony. If the dogs bite is not
fatal, the victims Imagination is, SO it is
about the same in the end.-Atlanta Con-.
stitution.
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Every day or two we hear of some
teacher whose purposes is to attend the
Institute at Williamson. We know of
none who will not attend. Pickens and
Laurens seem to be slow about coming
into the Institute With Anderson and
Greenville. The Piekens Commissioner
proposed TO present the matter to his
teachers before saying what he will do;
in other words, he wants to do the
popular thing, he will not take the re-
sponsibiiity of shaping public sentiment
by Independent action in the premises.
The Institute will be a success, let Pick
ems and Laurens do as they please. We
would like to have them, but Institute
work seems to be new thing to their Com.
missioners, and they move slowly.
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has come for us to draw the line and go
on to camp in the zephyrs of Heaven
rather than in the sirocco of hell."-


on to camp in the zephyrs of Heaven
rather than in the sirocco of hell."-
Brick Pon,eroy's Democrat, May %.
Now, then, brethren, when you remem'
ber that, as shown already in this article,
Republican Cincinnati frames into Law
what New York permits against law,
both indeed veritably siroccos of perdi'
tion, and only samples of scores Of other
cities, is not my opening inquiry, "In
which camp?" pertinent? And do you
wonder that unnumbered thousands of
heart-broken mothers, starving and dying
wives, disconsolate fathers and orphaned
children are praying that you may leave
these siroccos of He'll and 60 on and
camp in the zephyrs of Heaven and
speedily bring to you the Christian citi'
zeuship of this land, which shall by
righteous laws destroy the demon that is
dragging their loved ones to death and
damnation? And may God give US all
the wisdom to see the right and grace to
do 1T r. Cdrskadon, in N. Y. Voice.
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it. afterward summoned DR.. White
and some other men to go with me, and
found the FIVE prisoners, Giles Good,
Prindley Thompson, Nose Lipscomb,
Dan Roberts and Bailey Dowdle hanging
up by their necks. On examination by
DR.. White, they were found to be dead.
1 did not see the men hung, but suppose
that they were hung by the same party
that took them out of Jail.
The jury returned the following yer.
dict: "Tbat the above named persons
came to their death by hanging, and by
persons unknown to the jury."--York.
viNe Enquirer, Apr17.
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Counterfeiters Caught.

CHATTANOOGA, April GA gang of
counterfeiters was brought here to-day
from franklin County. Officials had
been watching them for six months, and
finally pouuced down upon two we'll.
known and highly respected residents, y.
NJ. and A. NJ. Peoples, as we'll al,
William Horn. On the premises were
found dies, metals, &C., to make a com.
plete outfit, and about 5000 of bogus
silver money. I
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Mr. Fl. A. johnson, in note to us
in which he alludes to the Williamson
Township Teachers Institute, says: 81
think I am a better teacher now than /
was before Isattended the meeting" As
the majority of the schools in that town
ship are ii now closed, the teachers will
hold no more meetings until next fall.
The teachers all feel that the meetings
have done good, and are heartily in favor
keeping them up duringthe school term"
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= Mrs. Cleveland reads all the notices
she receives in the papers, and frequently
expresses surprise at the many things
which she is alleged to have said and
done.
If you love, love more. If you
hate, hate no more. Life is too short to
spend in hating any one,
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II: is stated as fact that out Of q.
300 Presidential post Offices at least 1000
are now filed By Democrats, out of $4,000
fourth class post Offices quite 10000 are
now held BY Democrats.
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T'EA6HERg'Go1uMN.
]. q. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
Rev Calvin PRESLEY, whose school at
Generostee was closed temporarily on
account of measles, hopes to be able to
begin work very soon.

One teacher writes US encouragingly of
her work. She says: "We have started
museum and have received several
curiosities already for it. We have also
begun practicing the Wand drill in cal
isthenics and several new methods in
stndvn
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"A Florida hotel keeper recently
paralyzed a party of northerners by
saying: "In one of their invasions the
yanks cleaned us out, but now We clean
the yanks out every time they come"
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of the great iniquities we have outlined
until from your trumpets there comes no
uncertain sound. Will you permit me
to call your attention to the following
utterances of one who depicts in his de.
scription of the condition of the greatest
city of the country the seeming inefi-
cheney of the pulpit 10 even modify or
neutralize political corruption, when he
says:
"The handspring Of Democracy in this
city New York is coiled in the worm of
the still. The ghost of Thomas Jefer.
son is not deuce high beside glass of
whiskey or q schooner of beer. You
could no more run Democratic party in
this city without whiskey than you can
run hell without FIRE. Ten hours of
prostitution, with whiskey in the back
room, champagne in the parlor and poll.
ticians up stairs, count more than do all
the churches on Manhattan Island when
it comes TO setting the Democratic
machine. There is no want for nor well
come to Democrat who is not in favor
of rum as the Alpha and Omega of Dem.
ocratic appliance for controlling power.
While we are Democrat, believer in
Democratic principles, we do not believe
that they emanated from jug, a bottle,
or den of dissipation for the control of
political machinery, and if the machinery
of the Democratic party cannot be run
without whiskey, and if an observance OF
the principles of temperance units man
! for recognition as Democrat, the time